United States, Georgia, Mitchell County, Camilla, 31.23129, -84.21046Borders, Beatrice, 1892-19711964Birth register completed by Beatrice Borders, an African American state-certified midwife who established the Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home in Camilla, Georgia, a professional birthing center that served African American women during segregation in the twentieth century. This register accounts for 173 deliveries that took place between 1959 and 1964 (More 1964 deliveries are recorded in register T). Note: 71 loose pages, which represent the deliveries from 1959.These records were recorded in mid-century composition notebooks. Depending on the volume, some entries include the mother's name, the date she entered the facility, the time of the birth, the baby's weight, the baby's gender, and whether there were any complications such as stillbirths. Some entries include additional genealogical information such as occupation, age, and address, birthplace, number of children in the family, and the name of the father.image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Midwifery--United States--Georgia--CamillaAfrican American midwives--Georgia--CamillaWomen midwives--United States--Georgia--CamillaAfrican Americans-Economic conditions--Georgia--CamillaDiscrimination in medical care--Georgia--CamillaMaternal health services--Georgia--CamillaRural health services--Georgia--CamillaMaternal health care teams--Georgia--CamillaSegregation--Georgia--CamillaRegisters of births, etc.--Georgia--CamillaGenealogyBook AA, 1959-1964 DeliveriesText